# Florida SB 848: Stormwater Treatment

Florida SB 848, Stormwater Treatment, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Keith L. Truenow (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-05-07 (Chapter No. 2026-60) (as of 2026-10-14).

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## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 848
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Stormwater Treatment
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-10
- Last action: 2026-05-07, Chapter No. 2026-60
- Sponsor: Keith L. Truenow (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Environment and Natural Resources, Community Affairs, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (186 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 7

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Applicants gain treatment options for polluted waters: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, permitting agencies must consider mitigation when applicants cannot meet water-quality standards because existing water quality already fails them. Mitigation can include compensating stormwater treatment. It must produce a net improvement in the receiving waterbody for each…
- Water-quality credits remain available before rules: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida’s environmental department must accept, review, and decide provisional water-quality enhancement area applications before final rules are adopted. It must issue a permit when the applicant provides reasonable assurance that the area meets the legal criteria. Permitti…
- Unlisted ports face regional treatment limits: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, nonlocal government entities cannot use regional stormwater systems for polluting activities at seaports outside Florida’s statutory list. They also cannot transfer water-quality enhancement credits for those activities. These bans cover stormwater treatment and efforts to a…
- Broader water-quality credit use has limits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, permit applicants can buy enhancement credits to meet stormwater treatment standards or achieve a net water-quality improvement. Government entities can also use them for assigned basin pollution-reduction targets or reasonable assurance plans. The law removes the earlier re…
- Listed seaports gain treatment options with duties: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, seaports on Florida’s statutory list can treat stormwater onsite or offsite for permitted activities that cause or add to stormwater pollution. Offsite treatment must stay within the activity’s drainage basin. The seaport, alone or with an adjacent local government, must bui…
- Outside mitigation credits carry limits and multipliers: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, eligible permit applicants get a one-time option to use mitigation bank credits outside the service area. Officials must find that the proper credit type is lacking and qualifying banks serving the regional watershed lack enough credits of the needed number or type. Banks wh…
- Regional stormwater options require financial backing: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, permit applicants within a regional stormwater system’s drainage area can buy pollution-reduction allocations to meet treatment standards. Each system permit must include a drainage-area map, normally based on a Hydrologic Unit Code 12 sub-basin. An outside area qualifies on…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Keith L. Truenow (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Environment and Natural Resources
- Cosponsor: Rules

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-11 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 112 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 36 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 23 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | Senate | Community Affairs Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-13 | Senate | Environment and Natural Resources Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (34)

- 2026-05-07: Chapter No. 2026-60
- 2026-05-06: Approved by Governor
- 2026-04-30: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-17: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-11: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-11: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-10: 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-26: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-26: Immediately certified -SJ 463 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 460 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read 3rd time -SJ 460 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Amendment(s) adopted (598430) -SJ 460 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read 2nd time -SJ 458 (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: CS/CS by Rules read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-16: Now in Community Affairs (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-12-16: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-12-10: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/er/PDF)
- e1, 2026-02-26: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/e1/PDF)
- c2, 2026-02-19: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2026-01-14: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-12-10: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/er/PDF)
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/848/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB848-2026 (as of 2026-10-14).